1897 Bersey Electric Taxi Size:XL: 100 x 75cm in Leicester Square in 1851

in Leicester Square in 1851

A large field closely bunched together

A man looks into the window of a tiny house built into the rocks overlooking the sandy cove of Porthcurno

View of St Bride's Avenue with figures and a horse drawn carriage

The Angel public house

1897 Bersey Electric Taxi Size:XL: 100 x 75cm in Leicester Square in 18511897 Bersey Electric Taxi. This was the first type of self propelled cab licensed for hire in London and came from the fleet of the London Electrical Cab Company. It had a range of thirty miles between battery charges, hardly sufficient for a day's work. The batteries were positioned in a tray under the chassis. This is believed to be the only survivor of seventy similar cabs built.